Discovery Updates

Dear Church Family,The theme of last week's update was Generosity, and we are excited to continue that conversation.Scott Palmerwill be hostinga zoom meeting this Friday night at 8:00 pm so that we can dream together about a generous responseto this moment individually and collectively. (Link to the meeting here).Hope to see you there!The other invitation of our social dis...

Hello Discovery Family,Thank you for your patience during this crazy time!I appreciate the grace you have extendedus as our staff and so many others areworking hard on communication and resources for us. We will likely have more to update you on later in the week, so stay tuned! Your engagement brings us much joy!Today's update and video are all aboutgenerosity. We structu...

Dear Discovery, First, thank you so much to everyone who helped with Sunday's LiveStream and to those of you who tuned in! Pretty cool to see the response in a very strange moment!Here's the latest update from the city of Davis on COVID-19 guidelines. This weekend we really pushed group involvement, but that has changed now, and sowe are cancelling in-person Group gatheri...

All Sunday Gatherings are cancelled through April due to coronavirus mitigation. Here's the latest updates from: Yolo County City of Davis State of CA CDC...

Hello Discovery Family, Yesterday afternoon Yolo County releasedthese guidelines for religious institutions and other larger public gatherings in response to COVID-19. It is our mission tohelp people discover the good news of Jesus, and a way for us to be good news to the school we meet in, to our neighbors, and to the city we love is topause our Sunday morning Gathering...

I continue to be super inspired and impressed by all the great conversations happening around our Practices. I love hearing how you all are practicing Sabbath and Fasting. Keep pressing in! This month I have a few simple reminders: Thank you to those who attendedour joint Ash Wednesday service with Christ the Redeemer. What a great way to begin the Lenten season and to...

Hello Friends! My hope and prayer is that your new year is full of awe, reverence, and a sense of the adventure that is the with God life. I am so excited about our new journey we are calling Practice. We are now into our second practice: Fasting(coupled with our first practice: Sabbath). So far the conversations that we are having together have been so fun and rich as w...

2019 has been a year of growth in clarity about our mission as a church. We are a community that exists to help people discover the good news of Jesus. We are seeing the fruit of this in baptisms, lives transformed, and in our church serving in all sorts of new ways. Let me share a few specific wins from 2019: We added Grace Cooper (Children's Ministry Director) to our...

Hello! Thank you for your response to the Backpack drive this year. We were able to deliver 48 backpacks to Montgomery Elementary this week (plus a ton of extra school supplies). Well done! This was a great opportunity to further our relationship with this school.Speaking of schools, I want to invite you all to join us on Wednesday August 28th at Walnut Park (right next t...

Hello Friends,There has been a wonderful vibe at our Sunday gatherings over the past several weeks!We're seeing a lot of new folks getting connected in community and that is a beautiful thing. Several of our groups are bursting at the seams and getting ready to multiply. And I continue to be so impressed with all of your generosity. There is some wonderful momentum buildi...